Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
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ASV
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
KJV
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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Commentary
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהֹוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶ֤רֶךְ | 'E.rekh | [is] long of | H750 → |
| אַפַּ֙יִם֙ | 'a.Pa.yim | anger<s> | H639 → |
| וּגְדָל | u.ge.dol- | and great of | H1419 → |
| כֹּ֔חַ | Ko.ach | power | H3581 → |
| וְנַקֵּ֖ה | ve.na.Keh | and certainly <to leave unpunished> | H5352 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יְנַקֶּ֑ה | ye.na.Keh | he will leave unpunished | H5352 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| בְּסוּפָ֤ה | be.su.Fah | [is] in storm-wind | H5492 → |
| וּבִשְׂעָרָה֙ | u.vis.'a.Rah | and in storm | H8183 → |
| דַּרְכּ֔וֹ | dar.Ko | way his | H1870 → |
| וְעָנָ֖ן | ve.'a.Nan | and [is] cloud | H6051 → |
| אֲבַ֥ק | 'a.Vak | [the] dust of | H80 → |
| רַגְלָֽיו׃ | rag.Lav | feet his | H7272 → |
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